Experience

> Research Assistant, Northwestern EECS
January 2017 - Present

I developed and co-authored a paper on the VecShare framework for sharing word embeddings online. This work was published in the Proceedings of EMNLP 2017 in Copenhagen, Denmark. I am currently investigating active learning as a tool for improving deep statistical language models.
Links:
Paper
Poster
Github Repo

I processed and created visualizations of x-ray diffraction patterns to ease analysis of superconductor experimental data.

> Summer Research Intern, Stanford Earth
June 2013 - August 2014

I determined slip rates on the San Andreas Fault using Be-isotope dating. I was involved identified field locations for sample collection and isolated quartz samples for mass spectroscopy. I received invitations to present at AGU Fall Conferences (2013, 2014).

Projects

> VecShare Python Library
July 2017

Check out my Python Library for the VecShare framework! The library supports upload and download of word embeddings to a shared online repository, and provides multiple methods for selecting an accurate embedding for your specific NLP task.If you run into any errors while using the library, please file an issue.
Links:
Documentation
Github Repo

> PocketIan: Course Advising Chatbot, WildHacksNovember 2016

My team created a chatbot to provide automated course advising for Northwestern EECS students. I developed the question parsing engine and managed data scraping and cleaning of course data.
Links:
Devpost Repo

Updates, Thoughts, etc.

> I am originally from Sunnyvale, CA in the San Francisco Bay Area.

> I am excited to be working with Google as a Software Engineering Intern for Summer 2018.

> I am working with the EECS community on campus as External Vice President of IEEE-NU.